Top 10 Fetishes Found at Comic-Con Every Single Year

For many attendees, San Diego’s International Comic Con goes beyond simply indulging their inner geek. An extraordinary refuge for the socially obscure that offers both diversity and the fleeting glimpse of public acceptance, Comic Con makes the ideal venue to indulge in some other, lesser known behaviors that would be taboo in most any other location. Here are the top ten fetishes found this, and every, year Comic-Con International in San Diego.

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Furrydom

Furrydom--the affinity for fictional animal or inhuman characters with human personalities or characteristics (anthropomorphism.) Otherwise known as people who dress up in animal costumes and have sex in them, or simply those who get off on arousing those who enjoy this.

Furries have been increasing rapidly in numbers since their first convention in 1987, spilling over into the pool of more "mainstream" conventions by the sheer quantity of anthro inspired art, music, costumes, and media, the unbridled enthusiasm of its participants, and in no small part by popular films like Harry Potter and Twilight who frequently portray human to animal morphism. Science fiction and fantasy novels and cartoons featuring anthropomorphic animals are often cited as the earliest inspiration for the fandom, although they are generally shunned and frowned upon by non-furry convention goers and the general public. That creepy scene from "The Shining" and media misrepresentation are largely to blame.

While once a vision of love between someone ordinary and someone less ordinary, like Sarek and Amanda Grayson (Spock’s parents from Star Trek,) Xenophilia has presently taken on a more alien shape in the Japanese art form known as shokushu goukan. Boldly going where no man has gone before, "tentacle erotica" followers continue to push the envelope of what is traditionally considered sexy, looking toward the sky for the f*ture of p*********y . Originating in terrestrial love between the tentacle creatures of the world (as seen in the link above), this fetish, with the advent of hentai cartoons, has taken on a much more extra-terrestrial and impossible turn, as seen in the video to the left.

Seeing an accurate incarnation of a beloved character, who is most likely non-existent outside the virtual realm, can be a fantasy come true, appealing to those who like to play dress-up as well as those who like to watch. Whether they’re motivated by their love for a protagonist or their love of being adored, cosplayers turn out in astounding numbers. And since clothing is such a wide-spread fetish, no matter what you’re wearing (or aren’t), you’re bound to find someone who really appreciates your efforts.

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Technophile

Technophile – A person with a strong artistic sense and a love of electronics, media, and/or gadgetry.

A fetish popularized primarily within the last ten years, technophilia is a term combining the common definitions of nerdom: web-savvy, mechanically/electronically inclined, and science-fiction oriented, with the increasingly popular "metro-sexual," adding effeminate, well-dressed, and narcissistic qualities to the mix. Usually describing a male, technophiliacs are usually attracted to people with similar qualities to themselves, though it can also pertain to someone sexually attracted to machinery or "gynoids" (human cyborgs).

While Twilight fans may be in dwindling numbers due to this year’s absence of Twilight at Comic-Con, slaves to the vampire fetish will be in full attendance to show support for HBO’s "True Blood" as well as to partake in all the gothic goodies (and underground parties) that the convention has to offer. No longer just a genre for back-alley sadomasochist circles, the fetish has become so popular in recent decades, that many consider it to be its own subculture, seducing people from all walks of life with it’s cadaverous charm.

Asiaphilia – a sexual attraction or preference for people, culture, or things of Asian origin, specifically by those of non-Asian descent; this has actually led to two other , more rare fetishes found at the convention: hentai and tentacle erotica.

Also (very politically incorrectly) called "yellow fever" and "rice chasing," the past decade’s technological explosion has been an undeniable contributor to the rise in Asian popularity in pop culture. Exposed to a newer, sexier version of the stereotypical Asian via video games, anime, and hentai (Click here for the NSFW definition of hentai) , Comic Con has since met demand with plenty of supply for all your Asian loving needs, providing the public with entire booths dedicated to the more rare and hard-to-find hentai found in the world.

hentai, then, gave way to the wild world of "tentacle erotica", which isn’t figurative. It is exactly what you think it is, but that kind of hentai often gives way to another, more specific, kind of fetish found at the convention…

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